Foreign Ministers from 12 NAM Countries to Meet in Palestine

RAMALLAH (NNN-MA'AN) -- Foreign ministers of 12 countries will meet here on Sunday to discuss the peace process with Israel, Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said.

The two-day meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Palestine in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will be the first to be held in Palestine, al-Malki said in a statement here Tuesday.

President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the talks, he said.

The committee will issue a 'Declaration of Ramallah' after the meeting which will to be presented at the 16th NAM Summit to be held in Tehran later this month, he added.

The committee members are Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Zambia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cuba and Colombia. -- NNN-MA'AN